April 24, 2006

LOOKING FOR THE FOX, CHECK WHO'S GUARDING THE HENS:

Biggest number of offenders are "registered counselors" (Julia Sommerfeld and Michael J. Berens, 4/24/06, Seattle Times)

To be a manicurist in the state of Washington, you must take 600 hours of training and pass both a written exam and a skills demonstration.

To cut hair, you need 1,000 hours of training and the two tests.

But to be a registered counselor, someone who will help guide troubled clients through some of their most difficult life challenges, you need take only a four-hour AIDS-awareness class. That's it — that and a $40 registration fee. You don't even need a high-school diploma.

That sounds like an invitation for trouble — and it is.

In the past decade, the state has sanctioned 104 registered counselors for sexual misconduct. That's more than for any other health profession, and more than the cases involving doctors, dentists and registered nurses combined. It's just a fraction of the actual incidents of abuse, since, experts say, most go unreported.


Likewise pedophiles seek out jobs in the clergy and schools.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 24, 2006 7:39 AM
Comments

Two points:

1. Being a registered counselor is a dark art.

2. Regarding Likewise pedophiles seek out jobs in the clergy and schools. In addition, look out for the guy driving the ice cream truck, that is a target rich area for pedophiles.

Posted by: pchuck at April 24, 2006 10:06 AM

600 hours of training to be a manicurist ?!?
1,000 hours of training to cut hair ?

It only takes 1,000 hours of training to go from civilian to U.S. Army Infantryman, and most of that is in leaning how to be a soldier.
Learning how to kill the enemy only takes about 200 hours.

After 160 hours of training, and passing written and skill tests, one can be a certified, licensed, professional truck driver, given control of a vehicle and cargo weighing together up to 80,000 lbs., and 500 horses with which to rocket such down the concrete ribbon at 80 MPH, sharing the road with families in their tiny tin cars.

The point of Washington state's absurd training requirements is simply to drive up the wages of practicing manicurists and hairstylists by restricting entry into the field.

Posted by: Michael Herdegen [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 24, 2006 6:37 PM
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